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TF section meeting Horizontal benches Activities. Contents. 2010 Activities Spare dipoles LHC Shunted Interconnection test OSQAR Experiment and PS Booster upgrade Test benches Consolidation Miscellaneous 2011 Foreseen Activities. LHC Consolidation. Spare Magnets Tests
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Contents • 2010 Activities • Sparedipoles • LHC ShuntedInterconnection test • OSQAR Experiment and PS Booster upgrade • Test benches Consolidation • Miscellaneous • 2011 ForeseenActivities
LHC Consolidation • SpareMagnets Tests • On Dec. 9th 2010, 22/44 dipoles tested and qualified as “OK for the tunnel” • 14 of themsince 1st of June (since the CRYO shutdown ) as 10 werescheduled • In Sm18 today : SSS367 (D1 bench) + 6 dipoles to betested
LHC ShuntedInterconnection • Mandate of MSC-TF: Ensure the protection and the instrumentation for the Shunt validation test. • 2 Magnets (Q8 and Q9) on bench D2 from July 2010 • Tests : • Thermal runaway : completedsuccessfully • Quench propagation : in progress • RRR measurements : PXI system validation (compared to NanoVoltmeter) • Current cycles : in progress shunt shunt
OSQAR Experiment • TF section mandate : to train 2 dipoles to ultimatecurrent and ensure the protection • Photon regenerationexperimentperformedduring : • 4 days in Feb • 18 days in June and July • 8 days in Aug. PS Booster upgrade • Original PS Booster energy: 800MeV, 0.6T, 2700A RMS • Final upgrade: 2GeV, 1.12T, 5515A RMS • Tests up to 9 kA have been completed for >5000 cycles • High currents and high ramp rates require powerful converters. • => Cluster A of the SM18 test benches is actually equipped with a 14kA/61V capacity power converter that fulfills the requirements
Test benches Consolidation • New acquisition systems • VME => PXI Bus • SUN replaced by PC (Windows and Linux) • Cluster E dedicated to validation tests • LF (1kHz max.) : 360 channels • HF (50kHz max.) : 160 channels • FGC2 Power convertors • All benches are nowequippedwith the same PC controls as the LHC. • Technical network • All protection and acquisition systems are been moved to TECNET.
Miscellaneous • Magnetic measurements : • LHC current cycles characterization, with new ramp rates and maximum currents as required by the machine • Improvements of the FAME magnetic measurement system • Creation and management of the TF website • Visitors area and meeting room improvements
2011 Activities • Spares : • 22 Dipoles • 12 SSS • 3 Special SSS • SeparationDipoles and Inner Triplets : Priority to the D1L101 • Q8-Q9 Shunted test :Decision in January for additionnal tests. • OSQAR :6 weekswith 2 magnets @1.9K • Magneticmeasurements : LHC characterization and FAME improvement (SSSs and dipoles) • Consolidation • Keithleys to PXI (RRR, Loss and Splicemeasurements) => February 2011 • 7 HV racks to PXI => February 2011 • New Acquisition system (Block4 + Clusters SM18) • Creation of a new database • CRYO Shutdown :Scheduled in May 2011 (6 weeks)